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Help lost key salary sacrifice

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Bagladygirl · 02/02/2025 12:14

They company are closed but I'm wondering if anyone has ever come against this before and if they will replace the key
mum panicking as have no money

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Twinsandsome · 03/02/2025 19:07

Bagladygirl · 02/02/2025 20:30

I used the key to get in my house - they are all
tigether however I have spare house keys so that's not as much of an issue

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@Bagladygirl so the last time you used or had the key was after dinner at your friends on Friday evening? Is that right?

Bumcake · 03/02/2025 18:43

What a bummer. Could you get a temp overdraft?

Purpl · 03/02/2025 18:33

Have you checked your house insurance guy may have lost key in there.
Also your coats and bag linings in case ripped and fallen to base
drssing gown pocket ?

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Overthebow · 03/02/2025 18:16

Bagladygirl · 03/02/2025 18:03

I won't be able to get dc to clubs or anything now
can't work either

Focus on the necessary things. Can your DC get to school? Is there public transport you can take to work?

AtomicBlondeRose · 03/02/2025 18:12

Have you offered DC £5 to find them? That might spur on a very thorough search?

Sharptonguedwoman · 03/02/2025 18:12

Bagladygirl · 02/02/2025 16:52

I did check in my shoes too

Child’s bag? All the pockets of every garment?
Turn bag out completely?

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Bagladygirl · 03/02/2025 18:03

I won't be able to get dc to clubs or anything now
can't work either

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Bagladygirl · 03/02/2025 18:02

Still no luck snd can't get a new set until I pay £250 so that's going to be a month away. The good news is I'm too exhausted to actually care now

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ImTheMidsomerMurderer · 03/02/2025 10:51

Aww that's a shame @Bagladygirl I was hoping you'd found them!

Likewhatever · 03/02/2025 08:46

They’ll turn up when you least expect it OP. It will suddenly come to you.

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Bagladygirl · 03/02/2025 07:43

Hey thank you for all your suggestions.
still no sign of them I'm going to have to call them this morning unfortunately. I just hope that they can add it on the bill rather than it be upfront
I have done another scour this morning and absolutely nothing.

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Dontsparethehorses · 03/02/2025 06:07

Bagladygirl · 02/02/2025 16:51

No I do not have a spare key or I would be using it and not so worried

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I once managed to lock my car key in the car - stupid car! Anyway it was similar scheme and work has the spare - they managed to send it special delivery to me the following day. Might you be able to do similar?

MrsWinkly · 03/02/2025 06:02

Good luck OP. I'm constantly losing things, especially keys, don't know how, but yes to the tumble drier, loo, inside random shoes, behind a lamp (had obviously put keys down to switch it on but no memory of it) and outside by the bins...
Hoping they appear! x

FrustratedandBemused · 02/02/2025 23:33

Ivesaidenough · 02/02/2025 23:31

I feel for you. My DC took off his PE top to put his pyjamas on two weeks ago whilst the rest of us were out. It's still missing...
What about next to the loo/on top of the cistern?

At least that won’t cost you £300 to replace I guess!

Ivesaidenough · 02/02/2025 23:31

I feel for you. My DC took off his PE top to put his pyjamas on two weeks ago whilst the rest of us were out. It's still missing...
What about next to the loo/on top of the cistern?

OnTheBoardwalk · 02/02/2025 22:41

my Cat had one of those magnetic collars for the cat flap. I always left my keys the top of the stairs. My cats collar picked the up and randomly dropped them in the cats room

any chance something random like this happened?

Pippa12 · 02/02/2025 21:54

I lost my car keys yesterday. I was so stressed as I needed to leave for work at 6:15 today and I was pulling my hair out retracing my steps all day. I got into bed and like a lightbulb moment I remembered putting them in my dressing down pocket! I really hope the same happens for you. I’ve left them on the tumble dryer before?

My keys are insured on my car insurance with Tesco, fingers crossed yours are.

ThreePointOneFourOneFiveNine · 02/02/2025 21:37

I think you said you sometimes put them “on the drawer”. Do you mean on top of a chest of drawers? If so, search the drawers. I found my spare in a drawer below where I keep it months after I lost it. It was mixed in with all the gloves and hats.

is your DC old enough to have moved it?

Brenna24 · 02/02/2025 21:33

Check that there are no holes on the lining of your pocket or your handbag. I once thought that I had lost keys but they were in the lining of my coat and there was a hole in the pocket. The good news is that if you used them to get in, they must've in the house unless you have done something like thrown them in a bin.

KnewYearKnewMe · 02/02/2025 21:30

Not in your front door lock, OP?

KnewYearKnewMe · 02/02/2025 21:28

CovertPiggery · 02/02/2025 17:09

Ignore the arsehole posts OP. Some people on here just love to make spiteful jibes at people.

I hope you find them soon.

Agreed

. @Stravaig - "patiently untangling"???? Strange term you've used there, given you were taking delight in mocking someone. Nasty,

Good luck, OP, I'm sorry you're in such a bind xx

ImTheMidsomerMurderer · 02/02/2025 21:22

Any holes in jacket pockets and they might now be in the lining? I wish you lived next to me, I'd be round to help you look lol.

Cinnamonbonbon · 02/02/2025 21:10

Do you have a “normal” place where your keys live? If so, start by looking all around that area.

last time I lost my keys for days, they turned up inside an oven glove! The glove was hanging on the oven door handle. When I’d tried to put the keys in our key pot, which lives in the cupboard above the oven, they had fallen and been “caught” by the glove. Because the keys hadn’t hit the floor I’d had no idea they’d not safely deposited into the key pot.

diddl · 02/02/2025 21:06

If you take them upstairs might they be under the bed? (sorry if already asked).

lilytuckerpritchet · 02/02/2025 21:05

I lost my car key for three days once. I found them in an umbrella. The umbrella was on the stairs, I had thrown the key on the stairs and it must have landed in the umbrella.

Good luck